ETF comparison

NEAR vs SHY

US Aggregate Bond vs US Treasury (Short).

iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF · iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
7.0 %

9 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of NEAR and SHY would leave roughly 7.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

NEAR only 94.9% Shared 7.0% SHY only 92.3%
In NEAR only
1,572 positions
Shared
9 positions
In SHY only
81 positions

Side by side

NEAR

iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF

iShares · US Aggregate Bond

72 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.25%
Net assets
$4.77B
TTM yield
4.43%
Top-10 conc.
33.4%
SHY

iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF

iShares · US Treasury (Short)

84 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.15%
Net assets
$25.36B
TTM yield
3.65%
Top-10 conc.
17.0%

Sub-score comparison

75
Cost
85
52
Tax efficiency
58
86
Liquidity
100
67
Concentration
90
Tracking quality
NEAR sub-score SHY

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

SHY is 10 bps cheaper than NEAR. On a $100,000 position that's about $100/yr more in fees for NEAR.

Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open the cost calculator pre-filled with NEAR vs SHY.

Top shared holdings

9 shared in total
# Holding In NEAR In SHY Overlap
1 United States Treasury 3.73% 1.59% 1.59%
2 United States Treasury 1.60% 1.02% 1.02%
3 United States Treasury 1.47% 1.00% 1.00%
4 United States Treasury 4.25% 0.97% 0.97%
5 United States Treasury 0.78% 1.25% 0.78%
6 United States Treasury 14.14% 0.58% 0.58%
7 United States Treasury 0.43% 0.89% 0.43%
8 United States Treasury 0.35% 0.66% 0.35%
9 United States Treasury 0.27% 1.16% 0.27%

Only in NEAR

1,572 total
  • United States Treasury 3.20%
  • BlackRock Funds III 2.74%
  • United States Treasury 1.04%
  • CITIGROUP INC 0.48%
  • APPLOVIN CORP 0.47%
  • PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC 0.45%
  • JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.41%
  • Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 0.37%
  • EQT CORP 0.36%
  • AMAZON.COM INC 0.33%

Only in SHY

81 total
  • United States of America 2.20%
  • United States of America 1.95%
  • United States of America 1.83%
  • United States of America 1.71%
  • United States of America 1.62%
  • United States of America 1.59%
  • United States of America 1.55%
  • United States of America 1.53%
  • United States of America 1.47%
  • United States of America 1.44%

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Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see /methodology/.

Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.